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The boarding school which will be in Kochi has students from across the transgender community, writes Neha Pant
Transgender activists, Vijayaraja Mallika, Maya Menon and Faisal CK have announced that on 30th D... Read More...

Indian naturalists just discovered a spider in the Western Ghats that looks like it belongs in the J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter series
Javed Ahmed, Rajashree Khalap and Sumukha J.N were exploring the Western G... Read More...

Sinjini Sengupta, in conversation with Ulrike Reinhard, the woman who is using skateboarding to build confidence amongst children in rural Madhya Pradesh.
In a loose cotton kurta and pyjama, her once fair skin... Read More...

Alice Sharma on the story of a remote village in the Himalayas and one man’s struggle to bring change
Over 200 kms from Dehradun, deep in the mountains of Garhwal, nestled quietly amongst the Himalayas, lies a... Read More...

Don’t know your legal rights as a woman? Don’t worry. There is now a website to educate you on the matter, writes Neha Pant
Women in India are seldom aware of their legal rights and as a result, they often end... Read More...

This man roams around a bridge in China saving lives, writes Alice Sharma.
On Nanjing Yangtze Bridge in China, a middle aged man is often seen walking to and fro and watching pedestrians from his binoculars. T... Read More...

Rohini Kejriwal talks to Patrick Baddeley, a 62-year-old British man walking 6 hours a day, 6 days a week, covering 1,500 miles across India, all to help raise money for the street children of Kolkata
It isn’t... Read More...

We are entering a new year with a new world order, the kind in which we vote for our prejudices and have leaders that validate them, writes Anusha Azees
The last time there was such an overt rise in nationalis... Read More...

Citizens may love and be proud of the nation and choose to express the same in their own manner, forcing them to accept standardised forms in places designated by the state reeks of an authoritarian mind-set ai... Read More...

By next year, India will be the world’s third biggest solar market
Estimated to produce enough electricity to power 150,000 homes, the largest solar power plant has just been completed in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu. ... Read More...

Alice Sharma, speaks to the trans artist, author and musician on the subject of rigid gender binaries and how it’s important to break them
“I often feel the pressure to be wearing makeup or present the ‘femini... Read More...

We are living in a time where Islamophobia is not even looked down upon any more. It is now an established school of thought, writes Amit Kumar
October 7, 2016.
“Haan Bhai, Salam...bataiye”
Three minutes lat... Read More...

As most of the rural economy comes to a standstill, a small village resorts to handwritten notes to ease their daily transactions, writes Neha Pant
Bordering Myanamar, Khawbung, is a small village in the north... Read More...

Taking cue from the Iranian concept, an anonymous group in Gurugram is donating clothes, shoes and other basics of life to those in need, writes Alice Sharma.
Niki, a twelve- year-old, was delighted to find a ... Read More...

Alice Sharma meets the last surviving family of ancient puppeteers, struggling to revive the dying art from Kerala.
“Ours is the only surviving troupe of shadow puppetry in Kerala,” says Vipin Pulavar, a p... Read More...